Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day 2019

Proclamation

Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day

October 7, 2019

WHEREAS Trigeminal Neuralgia is a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve that is often called the world’s worst pain; and

WHEREAS Trigeminal Neuralgia causes sharp, stabbing, electric-like face pain, and it is not unusual for sufferers to end their lives trying to escape the agonizing pain; and

WHEREAS the episodes of pain can strike anytime, anywhere, and last for extended periods leaving the person helpless and incapacitated; and

WHEREAS October 7, 2019 marks the seventh Annual International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day which will see over 100 World Landmarks, international bridges, buildings, and structures lighting up teal for the evening in support of this awareness;

THEREFORE, I, Marvin Junkin, Mayor of Town of Pelham, hereby proclaim

October 7, 2019 to be Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day in Pelham.

Dated at the Town of Pelham this 22 day of June, 2019

MAYOR MARVIN JUNKIN

TOWN OF PELHAM